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UAD 3.6: The Appraisal Industry’s Shiny New Straightjacket

UAD 3.6, the appraisal industry’s shiny new straitjacket, promises efficiency but threatens to bury appraisers under a mountain of data demands and tech troubles, risking the integrity of valuations in a quest for modernization. The…

TEAPOTS Exposed: The PAVE Initiative’s Illusion of Justice

The PAVE Initiative’s lack of TEAPOTS case entries reveals a fraudulent scheme that betrayed homeowners, vilified appraisers, and hid the truth from Congress. The Biden administration’s PAVE Task Force initiative was never a legally engineered…

Bye Bye AMC: A Script to Sideline Appraisal Middlemen

The “Bye Bye AMC” script, a clever SQL solution, aims to disrupt Appraisal Management Companies by automating merit-based appraiser assignments, slashing AMC fees, and boosting transparency in real estate valuations. In the high-stakes arena of…

Appraisal Institute’s Harassment, Tests, and Dance with AMCs

The Appraisal Institute’s latest chapter is a double dose of harassment woes — harassment allegations rocking its leadership and the systemic harassment of appraisers by AMCs, all under a scandalous spotlight. The New York Times…

The PAREA Program: Costly Promises, Empty Support

The PAREA program markets itself as a shiny, mentor-free express lane to becoming a real estate appraiser, but its steep price tag and lofty promises often lead to a dead end. For many, it’s less…

The Appraisal Profession’s Perfect Storm: A Veteran’s Take on a Dying Craft

The new UAD form, the AMC fee gouging, the waivers, the false bias claims – it’s a perfect storm of assaults. I’ve been an appraiser since 1993, back when fax machines were cutting-edge and the…

Fannie Mae’s Conservatorship: A Babysitter’s Blunder

Calling the FHFA a babysitter for Fannie Mae doesn’t fully capture the dysfunction. What the general public doesn’t understand is that Fannie Mae has been under conservatorship since the 2008 market crash — a status…

A Cry from the Appraisal Trenches: The Fall of GSE Oversight

That could bring our best and brightest back to GSE lending, leveling the playing field with fairer work distribution. Picture this: a system built to protect homeowners, backed by taxpayer dollars, now teetering on the…